Enrique Peña Nieto is the official presidential candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI to the 2012 Mexican Presidential Elections. Before he decided to run for president, he was the young governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. While being related to several politicians, his political training and career commenced after completing a law degree from Universidad Panamericana and an MBA degree from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
He became familiar with the PRI when he became a member in 1984. First an instructor, then a coordinator, Enrique Pena Nieto worked his way up through the party's ranks. He also functioned as Chairman of the Political Coordination Board of the same legislature.
He is no stranger to politics having been involved with the state government of Mexico from the 90's until 2002. While there, he was Government Administration Secretary, President of the Directive Council for the Social Security Institute, President of the Internal Council of Health Institute and Vice President of the Government Board for Integral Family Development System He was also able to gain membership in the National Institute of Public Administration and the Administrative Council for Decentralized Public Agencies.
Nieto exemplified what it means to be dedicated to politics by also being a political advisor to the PRI in addition to everything else. Becoming a presidential candidate has been culmination of all his years working for the state government of Mexico. His elaborate and systematic plan of action from state government to presidential candidate has been steady.
He promoted candidates for governorship of the state of Mexico in 2004 from within and knows firsthand about the process. He beat other candidates in the nomination process, namely Guillermo González Martínez, Gustavo Cárdenas Monroy, Jaime Vázquez Castillo, Eduardo Bernal Martínez, Fernando Alberto García Cuevas, Cuauhtémoc García Ortega, Isidro Pastor Medrano, Enrique Jacob Rocha, Héctor Luna de la Vega and Carlos Hank Rhon. It wasn't until February of 2005 that he became the nominee for the governorship as a candidate of the PRI.
The race was over on July 3, 2005. He won by a landslide with a vote of 49 percent. A crowd of 5,000 people came out to watch his inauguration on September 15, 2005.
The environment, energy reform and sustainable development and the acceleration of educational reform in support of youth empowerment and employment generation were his priorities when he became governor. His collaboration with the government of Mexico City during his term as state governor to combat issues related to safety, insecurity and transport between the two political entities was a notable feat. Positive advances with respect to the state's economy, housing and agriculture sectors were achieved during his term.
He waited until the end of his term to run for the presidency. Coincidentally, Senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones who is the only other candidate for the party's 2012 electoral ticket withdrew from the race. After Beltrone made his decision not to run, Nieto had a free ride to the candidacy.
Although there has been a lot of talk of illegitimacy, Pena Nieto is considered to be the next president of Mexico. Since the announcement of his candidacy, he has been leading mock presidential polls against contenders Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the leftist PRD party and Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling party PAN. The official election for Mexico's 80 million people will be held on July 1 of this year.
The PRI hope for a sweeping victory because of the popularity of their candidate. Enrique Pena Nieto promises to be more democratic than previous dictators. Pena Nieto looks forward to a Mexico free from marauding and fleeing citizens.
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